Sandy Leaves Behind Ongoing Alert at Oyster Creek, Three Tripped Reactors at Other Nuclear Plants

Sandy Leaves Behind Ongoing Alert at Oyster Creek, Three Tripped Reactors at Other Nuclear Plants

by Nuclear Street News Team

The 24 hours following Sandy's landfall brought widespread blackouts and conditions that resulted in shutdowns at three reactors, as well as the continuation of an alert at Oyster Creek.

Of 34 reactors in the regions reached by the storm, the Nuclear Energy Institute noted that 24 continued to generate power throughout the event, while a further seven were in scheduled outages. The reactors most affected by the storm remained in safe condition Tuesday.http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2012/10/31/sandy-leaves-behind-ongoing-alert-at-oyster-creek_2c00_-three-tripped-reactors-at-other-nuclear-plants-103102.aspx